March 28th, 2011 | Posted by acidicice

First the good news…I went to gym on Saturday morning and weighed myself. I’ve lost 1.4 kg in the last two weeks! I am now back to my pre-pregnancy weight when weighed with my gym shoes and clothes on That is so super awesome! I am quite happy with this and will wait another two weeks before I weigh myself. Let’s hope I get another nice surprise! My jeans are all hanging off me, which sucks. I need to get a belt. I’ve never worn a belt though, because I deem them uncomfortable. Apparently it’s all about *which* belt you buy…so I guess I’ll have to go belt shopping soon. The ticker on the left has finally moved off of the zero and is now standing at 3.8 kg lost.

I was going to go for Yoga on Saturday morning, but on Friday evening when we were at gym I decided to have a look at the scheduled classes. I changed my mind and decided to try Zumba instead of Yoga so that I can get a feel for which class suits me better. LessofMe enjoyed Zumba (then again, she also enjoys spinning) so it was worth a shot.

Aerobics has a new name people! It’s called Zumba now and includes some boobie shaking and bum wiggling. The instructor was about 10 minutes late and the majority of the class was new. I struggled to keep up with the steps and somehow ended up in the front of the class (while everyone else seemed to remain on their places). I can shake my hips with the best of them, but I just could not remember all the steps and keep up with the pace of the class. As soon as I got the hang of the steps we were doing, it changed to something else. The instructor and one of the regular class attendants made it look effortless, but I was confused a lot of the time. I wasn’t the only confused person, but that didn’t make me feel much better. I definitely worked up a sweat and drank quite a bit of water, but have felt no stiffness or muscle aches since.

For me Yoga is much more effective. In my Yoga class I could feel much more strain on my muscles and woke up sore the next day. I could feel that I had done *something*. Both classes increased my heart rate and worked up a sweat, but I felt a lot less stupid in my Yoga class. I didn’t feel like people were watching me in the Yoga class, where I felt it was a lot more obvious that I was botching up the steps in Zumba. Everyone in Yoga seems to be in their own world and concentrating on their own bodies and space. I suppose the fact that the Zumba class has mirrors for walls doesn’t help much. I’d really much rather not see myself. I also found that Zumba involved a lot of impact on my joints as there is much jumping and stepping from side to side and back to front involved. Yoga is a lot more relaxed and is slower than Zumba is, so you get time to get into the different positions and hold them there. The movements are also a lot less intricate.

So if I had to choose between Yoga and Zumba, I would choose Yoga. I still want to give Pilates a try, but I’ve heard that Pilates is harder than Yoga. Yoga was hard enough, I’m not sure if I’d be able to do Pilates if it’s more difficult! Next Saturday I’m going back to Yoga! Pilates is during the week, so I might consider giving it a try…maybe I’ll nudge myself in that direction.